A Rod Is Selling Two Paintings Worth An Estimated 6 5M As He And J Lo Plan To Begin Joint Art Collection

A-Rod and J-Lo are “committed as a couple to collect together,” according to art dealer Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, a longtime adviser to Rodriguez. “So he’s making some changes,” she says. Those changes are to sell off Pink Elephant with Fire Engine, a 1984 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Mustang Painting by Richard Prince. Together, the paintings are estimated to be worth as much as $6.5 million, but time will tell how much the pieces actually go for. It may come as a surprise to some who only know him by his illustrious baseball career, but Rodriguez has engendered a good reputation as a savvy collector in the art world, so it makes sense that he and Lopez would be interested in collecting together. The two soon-to-be former pieces of his collection will hit the auction block at Phillips in London on June 27th, and in advance of the occasion, Phillips’ worldwide co-head of 20th century and contemporary art Robert Manley spoke on A-Rod’s art collecting bonafides in a press statement: “Alex Rodriguez has solidified his reputation as one of the greatest athletes in American history, but an important aspect of his life that is far less well-known to the public is his life as a collector of contemporary art.” With that in mind, it should be exciting for art lovers to see where Rodriguez and Lopez choose to begin in this new beginning of a shared art collecting project.